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Job Title: HR Advisor

Hours: 37.5 per week - Monday to Friday.

Company

Fraikin brought its fleet expertise to the UK in 1978, and today we are one of the country’s largest providers of commercial vehicle contract hire, fleet management and rental. We offer customers a skills base and proven financial stability that we believe is second to none. This allows us to react to even the largest of new business opportunities in a sole supplier role, and with a customer renewal rate which is the envy of our competitors.

Role

A generalist role within the HR functional team providing the HR Service across the whole workforce lifecycle to the Business. The HR Advisor provides professional HR advice and operational support and resolution for HR Policies, workflows and processes to People Managers and Staff that enables the business to deliver it’s People and Culture Agenda. The key areas of focus are: Resourcing and onboarding, Employee Engagement, Employee Relations case work, Employee Wellbeing incorporating Financial Wellbeing through Pensions Advocacy, High Performance and Capability Management.

Job Specific Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Take a lead role in co-ordinating recruitment activities.
• Ensuring processes run smoothly and effectively.
• Developing Fraikin’s brand as an employer.
• Reviewing and upgrading established (administrative) processes seeking continuous process and workflow improvement.
• Ensuring that we uphold identified standards for safer recruitment, considering Diversity and Inclusion practice and GDPR.
• Working in partnership with different stakeholders to ensure our recruitment practices meet their needs
• Recruitment and Organisation design activity including review of Job Profiles, Use of Hire of Labour (Agency resources), Sourcing candidates, monitoring of recruitment processes. Monitoring recruitment metrics such as retention rates and staff turnover and recruitment costs
• Providing weekly/monthly/Qtrly/ Annual and ad hoc KPI data
• SME for maintaining Business Sponsorship Licence, Immigration and Right to Work
• Ownership and resolution of ER caseload assigned (HR & OD BP to support) i.e., TUPE, Work Performance and Capability, Long Term Absence, Discipline & Grievance, Business Change including redundancy. Assist colleagues and managers to develop their skills in terms of HR knowledge and people management. Engage with team members or other appropriate staff in note taking in meetings.
• Review and design of on boarding processes including creation, implementation, and maintenance of ‘Fraikin Employee Road Map’
• Actively maintain knowledge for researching, writing, consulting on and implementing new or updated HR policies/strategies
• Hold one of the H&S Representative post for HO, participate in and support Health and Safety initiatives (H&S Rep Allowance payable)
• Develop knowledge and make use of HRIS (ADP) in HR workflows, working collaboratively with Payroll & benefits Manager
• As part of Employee Wellbeing agenda, support financial wellbeing through > looking to establish a Pensions Advocacy role that will coordinate annual Pensions Governance Committee
• Contribute to Fraikin ISO Quality processes to include evidence-based Competence and Performance assessment
• Analysis of workforce MI data to support stakeholder engagement initiatives – including pay and benefits data.
• May support HR Services provisions reviews such as Occupational Health
• Lead and support HR Projects and other initiatives as part of the HR Service provision to the organisation i.e. Group Projects or initiatives such as Employee Opinion Survey
• Be a source of reference within the HR Team for Line Managers and other stakeholders and up to date employment law related matters
• Support team workflows such as mail merge on correspondence / cover for co-ordinator holiday
• Actively maintain CPD as part of CIPD membership

Person Specification (Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience)

• A qualification in Human Resource Management to CIPD Level 5 / CIPD Associate skills and experience
• Experience working in human resources & advisory experience
• Experience of coordinating/managing different recruitment processes
• Strong Knowledge of employment law (including understanding of contracts, ACAS code of practice, and Equality Act 2010, Immigration as relates to Employment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including being able to respond appropriately to different audiences
• Numerate and able to work with data sets and MI data files
• Confident in IT skills, willing to develop using new software
• Significant experience gained working within a busy, fast paced business environment including experience of influencing management and stakeholders
• Confidence in dealing with various levels within the organisation.

Reward Package

• 22 days annual leave increasing to 25 days following 1 year service + bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Perkbox (discounts on everyday purchases)
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training & Development Opportunities
• Free Parking
• Service Awards
• Employee referral scheme (Refer a friend)